Help. I have searched both Google Mudcat for The Lyrics for freight train blues by F.McDowell.All I come up with is Roy Acluffs version. Freds start with "I got on that freight train" there is a recording on youtube. help appreciated Cheers Oombamjo.

Here's my transcription from the recording which I found on Spotify. I have attempted to include, in parentheses, spoken remarks by someone else heard faintly in the background:

FREIGHT TRAIN BLUES As sung by Mississippi Fred McDowell, 1959.

I got on that freight train; I tried to beat my way. Lord, them rocks and gravel, Lord, threw all in my face. (What happened, boy?)

I asked the conductor, let me ride his blind. (Okay...) I asked the conductor to let me ride his blind. (What did he say?) Lord, he shook his head, said, "The train ain't none of mine."

(Left you shook up, then...)

I got a letter from Hot Spring. I tell you how it was read. (Feel any better, boy.) I got a letter from Hot Spring. I tell you how it was read. Lord, it's come at once, boys: your sure-'nough gal is dead. (...know whether to go blind, then...) Come at, come at once, sure-'nough gal, sure-'nough gal is dead.

Said I left my baby standin' out back door cryin'. (Felt like somethin' else.) I left my baby standing out back door cryin'. I never felt so sorry, Lord, till she said goodbye. Lord, she—, Lord, she said good—, Lord, she said goodbye.